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Jan Rubeš
Actor
Died June 29, 2009 (89 years)
Born in Czechoslovakia. After graduating in 1945 from the Conservatory of Music in Prague, Jan Rubes went on to join the Prague Opera House as their youngest basso singer. He also performed at the Pilsen Opera House in leading roles in his early years. By 1948, he was chosen to represent Czechoslovakia at the International Music Festival held in Geneva and won first prize in his category. He emigrated to Canada on New Year's Eve 1948 with hopes of creating a greater musical career. As a member of the Canadian Opera Company, he achieved recognition for his roles, as Boris in "Boris Godunov", Schigolch in "Lulu" and as Mephisto in "Faust". As well, he served as the company's director of touring and program development. Branching out into radio and, eventually, TV, he wrote and hosted from 1975-83 TVOntario's "Guess What?" and acted in many TV dramas, later receiving the Earle Grey Award for lifetime work in Canadian television.
Filmography
| 2005 | Our Fathers · as Pope John Paul |
| 2005 | Tilt (TV Series) · as Frank Modeste |
| 2004 | Daniel and the Superdogs · as The Colonel |
| 2003 | The Republic of Love · as Strom |
| 2002 | The Burial Society · as Marvin Telekunsky |
| 2001 | Anthrax · as Arthur Kowalski |
| 2000 | The Christmas Secret · as Andree |
| 2000 | Believe · as Jason Stiles |
| 1999 | What Katy Did · as Dr. Reinhart |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars · as Ole Jurgensen |
| 1998 | Music from Another Room · as Louis Klammer |
| 1998 | Flood: A River's Rampage · as Jacob Gunderson |
| 1998 | The White Raven · as Markus Strand |
| 1998 | Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples · as Hendrick de Vries |
| 1997 | Stargate SG-1 (TV Series) · as Nicholas Ballard |
| 1997 | Der dritte Zwilling (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1997 | The Third Twin · as actor |
| 1996 | Never Too Late · as Joseph |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Roommates · as Bolek Krupa |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | The Birds II: Land's End · as Karl |
| 1994 | The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon (TV Series) · as The King |
| 1994 | Due South (TV Series) · as Dr. Mort Gustafson |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Mr. Duzak |
| 1994 | D2: The Mighty Ducks · as Jan |
| 1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) · as Vassily Peskow (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Devlin · as Vittorio Di Fabrizi |
| 1992 | By Way of the Stars (TV Series) · as Hausierer Nathan |
| 1991 | Class Action · as Pavel |
| 1991 | Deceived · as Tomasz |
| 1991 | Rupert (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1990 | The Amityville Curse · as The Priest |
| 1990 | Courage Mountain · as Grandfather |
| 1990 | Descending Angel · as Bishop Dancu |
| 1989 | The Experts · as Illyich |
| 1989 | Cold Front · as Zoubov |
| 1989 | Blind Fear · as Lasky |
| 1989 | Life Goes On (TV Series) · as Joseph |
| 1988 | Blood Relations · as Andreas |
| 1988 | The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick · as Augustus Glick |
| 1988 | Something About Love · as Unknown |
| 1988 | The Kiss · as Gordon Tobin |
| 1988 | War of the Worlds (TV Series) · as Dr. Von Deer |
| 1987 | Dead of Winter · as Dr. Joseph Lewis |
| 1986 | The Marriage Bed · as Max Ehrlich |
| 1986 | Danielle Steel's Crossings (TV Series) · as Isaac Zimmerman |
| 1985 | Witness · as Eli Lapp |
| 1985 | One Magic Christmas · as Santa Claus |
| 1985 | Murder: By Reason of Insanity · as Giorgi Denerenko (uncredited) |
| 1985 | Kane & Abel (TV Series) · as The Polish Consul |
| 1985 | Night Heat (TV Series) · as Tarasoff |
| 1984 | Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show (TV Series) · as Jan Rubes |
| 1984 | Charlie Grant's War · as Jacob |
| 1983 | Utilities · as Mort |
| 1982 | Fame (TV Series) · as Lewis Jacubek |
| 1982 | The Edison Twins (TV Series) · as Mr. Janec |
| 1981 | The Amateur · as Kaplan |
| 1981 | Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid · as Psychiatrist |
| 1980 | Mr. Patman · as Vrakettas |
| 1979 | Matt and Jenny (TV Series) · as Karl Frankenheimer |
| 1977 | Deadly Harvest · as Swenson |
| 1976 | The New Avengers (TV Series) · as Patlenko |
| 1975 | Lions for Breakfast · as Ivan |
| 1975 | King of Kensington (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1972 | The Beachcombers (TV Series) · as Brink |
| 1963 | The Incredible Journey · as Carl Nurmi |
| 1963 | The Forest Rangers (TV Series) · as Gregor Kowalski |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Johann |
| 1950 | Forbidden Journey · as Jan Bartik |